I know that there are lot of explanations. But, there is one more easy way to understand with practical example. We all can connect to HTTP port 80, but does it mean only one user can connect to that port at a time?. The answer is obviously 'no'. Multiple users for multiple purposes can access HTTP port 80 but they still get proper response they are waiting for, from the server, can't they?. Now think about it for a minute, how?. Yes you are correct, its IP address that uniquely identifies different users who contacts for different purposes. If you would have read the previous answers before reaching here, you would know that IP address is a part of information that socket consists. Think about it, is it possible to have a communication without sockets?. The answer is 'Yes' but you cannot run more than one application in a port but we know that we are not a 'Dump' switch that runs on just hardware.

相对的TCP/IP术语，我认为这是隐含的问题。通俗地说:

PORT类似于特定邮政编码中特定房屋的电话号码。城镇的邮政编码可以被认为是城镇和城镇中所有房屋的IP地址。

另一方面，SOCKET更像是一对房屋之间的电话之间的通话。这些呼叫可以在同一城镇的房屋之间建立，也可以在不同城镇的两所房屋之间建立。这对手机之间建立的临时通道就是SOCKET。

Socket is an abstraction provided by kernel to user applications for data I/O. A socket type is defined by the protocol it's handling, an IPC communication etc. So if somebody creates a TCP socket he can do manipulations like reading data to socket and writing data to it by simple methods and the lower level protocol handling like TCP conversions and forwarding packets to lower level network protocols is done by the particular socket implementation in the kernel. The advantage is that user need not worry about handling protocol specific nitigrities and should just read and write data to socket like a normal buffer. Same is true in case of IPC, user just reads and writes data to socket and kernel handles all lower level details based on the type of socket created.

端口和IP一起就像给套接字提供一个地址，虽然不是必需的，但它有助于网络通信。

套接字= IP地址+端口(数字地址) 它们一起标识机器上网络连接的端点。(我刚刚是不是网络基础课不及格?)

Socket是软件抽象的网络端点，用作应用程序的接口。在Java、c#中，它用对象表示，在Linux、Unix中，它是一个文件。

Port只是一个套接字的属性，如果你想建立一个通信，你必须指定。要从套接字接收数据包，必须将其绑定到特定的本地端口和网卡(具有本地IP地址)或所有网卡(在绑定调用中指定INADDR_ANY)。要发送数据包，必须指定远端套接字的端口和IP。

端口:

端口可以指物理连接点 用于外部设备，如串行、并行和USB端口。 术语端口也指某些以太网连接点 如集线器、交换机或路由器上的那些。

套接字:

套接字表示两个网络应用程序之间的单个连接。 这两个应用程序名义上运行在不同的计算机上， 但是套接字也可以用于单台计算机上的进程间通信。 应用程序可以创建多个套接字用于相互通信。 套接字是双向的，这意味着连接的任何一方都能够发送和接收数据。